The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
fHouoATtEss WOMEN.
Talk to Mothers on a Subject of vcfJ
Great Importance.


See that they are properly clad in keep
ing with the weather, not alone their
bodies. for most mothers pay attention
to these, but take care of their heads.
Avoid taking the little ones out when
the sun is high. more especially at the
noon hour, when there is little shade
any where; but if you will take them
out at such times. he sure and have
hats for them that will shade their
faces. The broader the brim the bet
ter they will be for the children. Dur
ing the summer the most sensible and
most comfortable hat a boy or girl can
wear, for best or everyday, is broad
brimmed straw. 1t is the most suita-
BILE and the prettiest hat child can
have, and looks well on any child,
either big or little. Most children whc
are old enough to attend school are
provided with this lyle If head cover.
ing, but the little on es " 10 are at home
all the time, going out only oeca-
sionally. are those who gen rally suffer
for the want of it. When they are
taken out for an airing 70 a roasting
would more properly apply here). it is
with lace bonnet a fez or a straw
Tam O'Shanter on their heads. The
mothers of these children would be hor-
rifed if the little ones went out in the
sun bareheaded. They would be posi-
tive that the children would be sun
struck; yet they will take them out
with such covering as the above on
their heads, which is just the least bit
better than nothing. during the hot
test part of the day and never think of
such a thing as sunstroke. They would
not go the shortest distance themselves
in the sun without parasol to shield
them. 1t is astonishing how many
women and children of this kind can
be seen in the streets of our city on
any of the warm days. The women
under lace parasols, looking as cool as
though they were in the coolest place
imaginable. and the children with fezes
or Tam O'Shanter on the backs of
their heads, and the SUN beating down
on the front, looking hot and uncom-
Portable, with the perspiration trick
ling down their faces. The women are,
to all appearances, perfectly oblivious
of the children's discontinue, though
how they can be so is a mystery to most
people. 1t must be that they do not
give it thought, or il they did they
would not surely see the children suffer
i'm this way without trying, at least, to
remedy it.
The straw Tam o Shanter hat is one
of the prettiest styles of hats for very
little boys, and any child when dressed
neatly looks well in it. 1t has jaunty,
careless effect when perched on the
back of the head, and is particularly
cool affair when worn in the shade,
but when worn in the sun it is the most
uncomfortable head-covering that can
be used. Few women will go out at
the noon hour, unless il is actually
necessary that they shoul 18th only
small bonnet ON their eads, and
walk any distance, probably street or
two, without going home with head
ache that will take good nights rest
to relieve. Yet the little one, are
made to walk, or half run, for few
women accommodate their steps to the
children's, under the fiercest sun with
out murmur. When they arrive
home they are peevish and irritable,
and the mothers wonder what is
the matter with them, never think
ing that their children's little heads
may throb and ache as much, if not
more, than theirs would were they
treated in the same manner Very
often child, after being out with the
mother, is feverish and restless during
the night, so much so as to alarm the
parents. The mother looks around for
the cause: HE can't have caught
cold; l don't know what can have
caused it," she says, puzzled. 81
know he wasn't in any draughts, for
we kept in the sun most of the time. p"
1t does not occur to either parent that
he may be Frustrated by the sun. Oh,
no; he has cold; they are certain
about that, and they doctor him ac-
cordingly. He is dosed and over
heated, when the one thing he requires
is rest, and the least little draught,
which may be only the opening of a
door, may bring on a disease from
which it will take him long time to
recover. A little forethought on the
part of the mother might have spared
the child great deal of suffering, and
both parents a great deal of anxiety
and worriment If some one should
suggest to this mother that it was the
effect of being so much under the rays
of the sun, she would say: "Why, no;
that couldn't be, for he never COM
planned while out of the heat; he was
well enough until the evening"" just as
though any child would complain
while on the street. The excitement
of the different people and things he
meets confuses the little one to such
an extent that, no matter how i'll he
may be, he will not complain, but af-
ter the excitement subsidies and he is
at home, then there is no need for
complaint, his actions are enough. 1t
is strange that the mother, who tries
in every way to shield the child from
every little draught, is the very one
| who will take him on noon-day
jaunt, and would be surprised to think
| that that would hurt him.
During the warm weather the drivers
of some express teams and some Others
use what they call sun-bonnets over
the heads of their horses to protect them
from the fierce summer sun. If the
horses are affected by this, how much
more will it affect the tender head OF
a little child. Are these drivers more
considerate for their horses than
mothers for their childrenp To be sure
not in many things, butin case such
as this they certainly are.
No thoughtful woman will ev,, take
a child out during the noon hour of a
hot day unless she is obliged to. in
which case she will see that the little
one has ample head-covering, and not
run the risk of sunstroke and softening
of the brain, which very often follows
a case of prostration by the sun. Dos
ton Budget.
Farmer Spencer, of West Monroe,
N. Y, has a queer little calf. 1t is
six weeks old, and about half the size
of calf of its age. Its body is cover